HQ Statesman
#201 _nial8r_
Posted 25 July 2011 - 02:22 PM
hey looks like you have some great hills on the roads were you are, rip the bonnet of the stato and do some downhill sledding
#202
Posted 25 July 2011 - 05:04 PM
Bit by bit it is coming together.
It was pretty bad before but now its going to be a rust free beast!
Lovin it.
#203 _jabba_
Posted 25 July 2011 - 05:58 PM
The internet informs me that Dubbo is currently 15.7C, practically summer
Mahaha
Freezing i know, i can barely leave the house .
Your stato is coming along nicely, can't wait to see it with some paint on it . Not long now?
#204 _jabba_
Posted 25 July 2011 - 06:01 PM
... NSW ( well were i am ) its hasent been to bad, think one night it got down to 4degrees and the coldest day we have has so far is 12 i think.
We've had the odd -3/4, not that I've been keeping track. Too cold for me .
#205 _nial8r_
Posted 25 July 2011 - 06:52 PM
... NSW ( well were i am ) its hasent been to bad, think one night it got down to 4degrees and the coldest day we have has so far is 12 i think.
We've had the odd -3/4, not that I've been keeping track. Too cold for me .
i love the cold is summer that kills me but -4 you can keep that right up there in Dubbo
#206 _SLR Torrie_
Posted 25 July 2011 - 07:04 PM
#207 _nzstato_
Posted 25 July 2011 - 07:52 PM
New house is fine I'm sure. Its not as high up as where we are now and sheltered from the southerly as it is on a north facing hillside. Only downside is that we are likely to get some pretty good frosts in the winter. But I can deal with that.
#208 _nzstato_
Posted 31 July 2011 - 06:03 PM
I finished the weld on the roof with the panel file and you can barely tell its there, job well done
Come on, this isnt good workmanship
Another section
Also welded in a new section on the drivers door where the mirror mounts and am in the process of drilling for new studs for the sill chome, this has required a bit of tweaking of the front guards.
#209 _nial8r_
Posted 31 July 2011 - 06:29 PM
#210 _nzstato_
Posted 31 July 2011 - 06:38 PM
#211 _jabba_
Posted 31 July 2011 - 09:45 PM
#212 _nzstato_
Posted 01 August 2011 - 05:53 AM
I kept saying to myself, "I'm not going to cut into the roof, I'm not going to cut into the roof, I'm not going to cut into the roof"
Looks like I did, don't know if there is any area in an HQ which usually rusts which I havent fixed...
#213 _nzstato_
Posted 16 August 2011 - 07:51 PM
Well it now looks like this
Took me AGES to get the panel back straight, not only were there all those little dents in it (BB gun I think) it was oil canned and stretched to hell.
Havent been posting alot but have been doing lots of little uninteresting jobs. Taking it to the painters on friday for a coat of epoxy. Am scuffing all of the paint up round the jams and have been going over every inch of the body to double check it is all up to scratch (few little pieces here and there to fix up). Will also clean the steel up and give it one more lot of deoxidine before fri. Also finally fixed my bloody trans leak, has been pissing me off (and pissing all over the floor) for the last 6 months. 75c and I replaced the filler tube o-ring (it's always the stupid little things).
#214 _Bomber Watson_
Posted 16 August 2011 - 08:24 PM
If the paint in the jams is acrylic i'd suggest you dont scuff it up but strip it....
cheers.
#215 _mick74lh_
Posted 16 August 2011 - 11:27 PM
#216 _nzstato_
Posted 20 August 2011 - 05:59 PM
Friday night, mate of mine came round and we trailered it over to the painters, they're ford and mopar guys so there were plenty of ribbing about an HQ turning up on a trailer, good blokes though.
This morning my dad and I went round, just to scuff up all of the door jams (there's the old fella in the photo)
and the painter went over the steel with the DA to key it up.
After going over we found one spot where I really should have had a bit more of a dig. This was the back corner of the boot (which looked fine), after scuffing up with the paper the paint just flaked off to reveal bog. Dug at it with a screw driver to reveal holes, I was pretty pissed with myself at this point (it can be fixed though), its the same on the other side.
But it got over it, and some paint got sprayed (I got out of the workshop at this point)
Came up nice, one of the other benefits with using black epoxy is that it shows up all of the rough spots really well, makes finding where I need to fill alot easier.
Got to drive it out into the sun
And then made it home
Picked up a tin of this from the panelbeater too (hopefully I don't need to many of them.
#217 _jabba_
Posted 20 August 2011 - 08:50 PM
Edited by jabba, 20 August 2011 - 08:51 PM.
#218 _Bomber Watson_
Posted 20 August 2011 - 09:01 PM
Cheers.
#219 _Quagmire_
Posted 20 August 2011 - 09:56 PM
U-Pol makes beautiful products. You will enjoy that tin.
Cheers.
oh yes
dolphin glaze is da bom
#220 _Bomber Watson_
Posted 20 August 2011 - 10:04 PM
Cheers.
#221 _Quagmire_
Posted 20 August 2011 - 10:57 PM
Agreed Quag, im liking Dolphin glaze over Hot shot.....Both Upol spot putties but yeah cheers for the tip.
Cheers.
$10 cheaper here too
gotta love that
#222 _nzstato_
Posted 21 August 2011 - 08:38 AM
Sad thing is that the project may get put on hold for a month, since I am away then got the move coming up (might update that thread instead).
#223
Posted 21 August 2011 - 09:31 AM
+1 with the body filler, i used to bag cars with body filler when i was younger, you'd always see the yank cars on TV and Aussie ones in the mags and dream of having a straight , smooth, bog free car, then i grew up and started watching the car shows (Overhaulin, American Hot Rod, etc), have since changed my attitude and won't be afraid to use the stuff now (with in reason).
Edited by Mort, 21 August 2011 - 09:37 AM.
#224 _Bomber Watson_
Posted 21 August 2011 - 01:22 PM
Cheers.
#225 _nzstato_
Posted 05 November 2011 - 04:45 PM
Haven't taken many photo since I've been more concerned on getting the damn thing done. All of the hanging panels are in high-fill and hopefully taking the shell down next weekend to get sprayed.
This weekends job is to finish rubbing down the panels.
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